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 Elpidio R. Quirino - Manila, Philippines Posted by:  silverquill
N 14° 34.773 E 120° 58.465
51P E 281775 N 1612794
This statue, honoring the sixth president of the Philippines, Elpido Quirino, is located at the western edge of Rizal Park in old Manila.
Waymark Code: WMAX1Q
Location: Philippines
Date Posted: 03/06/2011
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ELPIDIO R. QUIRINO
(1890 - 1956)
Elpidio Rivera Quirino (November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Filipino lawyer who entered politics serving in various rolls including senator, a number of cabinet positions, vice-president, and finally as the sixth president of the Republic of the Philippines from 1948-1953. He was also part of the independence commission sent to Washington, D.C. in 1934 and was part of the convention that wrote the draft for the constitution for the new commonwealth the following year.
Quirino was actually the second president of the Third Republic of the Philippines. When the United States granted full independence to the Philippines on July 4, 1946, Quirino was installed as vice-president, the office he held in the final administration of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. When President Manuel Roxas died lest than two years late, Quirino was sworn into office two days later on April 19, 1948.
This statue is a bronze bust mounted on a granite base with a plaque in tagalog attached highlighting Quirino's contributions to the Philippines.
ELPIDIO R. QUIRINO
(1890 - 1956)
IPINANGANAK SA VIGAN, ILOCOS SUR,
NOBYEMEBRE 16, 1890. NAGTAPOS NG ELEMENTARYA
SA ARINGAY, LA UNION AT SEKONDARYA SA MANILA
HIGH SCHOOL, 1911. NAGKAMIT NG TITULO SA BATAS,
PMANTASAN NG PILIPINAS, 1915. NAGSIMULANG
MAGLINGKOD SA BAYAN BILAN GURO SA CAPARIA-
AN, CAOAYAN, ILOCOS SUR SA GULANG NA 16. NAHIRANO
NA PRIBADONG KALIHIM NG PANGULONG MANUEL
L. QUEZON, KALIHIM NG PANANALAPI SA ILALIM
NG PANUNUNGKULAM NG GOBERNADOR HENERAL
FRANK MURPHY AT KALIHIM NG KAGANARAM NG
INTERYOR. NAHALAL NA KINATAWAN NG ILOCOS
SUR, 1919; SENADO, 1922, 1931, 1941; DELEGADO
SA KUMBENSIYONG KONSTITUSYUNAL, 1934; AT
PANGALAWANG PANGULO NG REPUBLIKA NG PILI
PINAS, 1946. NAGIN PANGULO SA PAGKAMATAY
NI PANGULONG MANUEL L. ROXAS, 1948; MULING
NAHALAL NA PANGULO, 1949. NAMATY, PEBRERO
29, 1956. ANG KANYANG PANUNUNGKULAY KINATAM
PUKAN NG MULING PAGPAPAYABONG SA EKONOMIYA
NG BANSA NA SINIRA NG IKALAWANG DIGMAANO
PANDAIGDIG AT PAGPAPANUMBALIK NG KAPAYAPAIT
MULING PNANANLIG NG MAMAMAYAN SA PAMAHA
LAAN.
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